Tropical cyclones, climate change, and scientific uncertainty: What do we know, what does it mean, and what should be done?

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-579

  Grossmann, Iris ^a   Morgan, M Granger ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS; DECISION MAKERS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODELING STUDIES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SCALE PATTERN; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; TIME-PERIODS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 80052955700     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0020-1     Document Type: Review

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